**The below information was gathered from various sources. The information contained herein has been verified and proven. I am not the author of the compilations. I have done extensive research on this line. This Prince does not descend from Edward.

Any questions, please ask and I have used this line in a multitude of lineage societies: Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy; National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 and The Virginia Huguenot Society.**

Son of Rev. John Prince & Margaret Prou Rymer (Rimer)

1. ↑ King George County Will Book A-1 (1721-1752), pp. 53-54 Parish of Hanover the 21 August 1726

Weis, The Reverend Frederick Lewis, TH.D, "The Colonial Clergy of VA, NC & SC", (Boston 1955), 42, John Prince, A.B., Camb., 1709; ord 16 June 1717; K.B. for Bermuda, 10 July 1717; sett Hanover Par.[ King George] , VA, 1717-1726; Ep., d. Hanover Parish, VAm 1726.

King George County Will Book A-1 [1721--1752] pages 53-54--Will of John Prince, Dated 7 Oct. 1726[King George County]. John names John Prince as son of Margaret Rimer[Rymer] and Thomasin Prince as her daughter.

King, George H. S. ,"Marriages of Richmond Co. VA--1668--1853", (1964), 176, Margaret Prou married Mark Rymer Jr in 1712/13.[Continues with Margaret as a widow became concubine of the Rev. Mr John Prince had son John Prince]. SEE ADDED PICTURE of the will

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John Prince's Will read:

"In the Name of God, Amen: I, John Prince, being weak in body, but sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

1st:

I give unto Robert Prince and his heirs, this plantation on which I now live containing the estimation of three hundred and fifty acres upon consideration of his paying unto his sister Patty Prince, the sum of twenty pounds Virginia Currency at the day of her marriage.

2nd:

I give unto Henry Prince the plantation or tract of land he now lives on containing two hundred and fifty acres, to him and his heirs.

3rd:

I give unto William Prince and his heirs, a tract of one hundred acres being a part of a survey adjoining the plantation he now lives on and Henry Prince the other.

4th:

I leave unto Francis Prince, seven shillings and a sixpence.

5th:

I leave and bequeath unto my lawful and beloved wife, Mary Prince, two negros, viz: London and Grace, to be her property during her natural life, then to be disposed of at her pleasure, but it is my desire that London should be given to Thomas Farrar, and Grace to William Prince.

6th:

I give unto Henry Prince and his heirs, a negro fellow named Jimmy likewise unto Margaret Farrar and her heirs, a negro wench called Sue, and to Patty Prince, a mulatto boy named Sam, to her and her heirs.

7th:

I give unto John Prince, son of Henry, and his heirs, a negro boy named Anthony.

8th:

As for the stock consisting of cattle, sheep, and hogs, it is my orders that they be equally divided between my wife, Mary Prince, my son, Robert Prince, and my daughter, Patty Prince, and as for what horses I can claim, I leave to the entire disposal of my wife and son Robert.

9th:

I give unto Mary Earle, wife of Baylis Earle, the sum of seven shillings and six pence

And I do hereby acknowledge this is my Last Will and Testament to be as full and upon an equal force as is drawn by a Notary Public, revoking all and every manner of Will by me heretofore made:

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 7th day of February, 1782. Signed Steven Vaughn, Richard Lewis Maryland

Signed John Prince

i. Captain Francis Prince born 12 December 1739, married Sarah Downs, daughter of George Downs.

ii.John Prince, born 20 February 1741

iii. Sarah Prince, born 20 February 1743

iv. Mary Prince, born 19 December 1744, married Judge Baylis Early

v. Thomassine Prince, born 1 October 1746, married Colonel John Earle

vi. William Prince, born 19 May 1752

vii. Catherine Prince, born 2 March 1754

viii. Margaret Prince, born 4 March 1756

ix. Thomas Prince, born 8 March 1758

x.Henry Berry Prince, born 6 February 1749

xi. Robert Prince, born 14 June 1759

xii. Martha Prince, born 29 October 1761

The dates of John Prince Esquire and his family are taken from his old Bible in possession of the Prince Families of Tryon County, North Carolina.

He was a large man physically, of reddish complexion and a very powerful and impressive personality. By profession he was "School Master" and operated a boy's school in Virginia and South Carolina. His first grant of land in South Carolina was given him in the present county of Spartanburg, on the Tyger River, near the North Carolina line, April 29, 1768. He was a patriot, was a member of the First South Carolina Provincial Congress 1775-1776, and a member of the Council of Safety

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Prince's Fort was built in South Carolina for protection against the Cherokee Indians.[citation needed] It was near the residence of John Prince.[where?][when?] Fort Prince was the general rallying point in times of danger when the people of the settlement sought safety. Just in front was a creek for their washing. Nearby stood a mill which ground corn, later known as Grays Mill. It stood for several years after the American Revolutionary War.

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* 1 Size and Shape

* 2 Location

o 2.1 Directions to the Fort

* 3 Notes

* 4 References

[edit] Size and Shape

Prince's Fort, circular in shape, was constructed of heavy logs. It was 150 ft (46 m) in diameter and 15 ft (4.6 m) high. Port holes were cut for use by riflemen, and it was surrounded by a ditch, the dirt from which was thrown against the walls to parapet height.

In 1777 Prince's Fort was commanded by Captain James Steen (promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by 1780), of Thicketty, South Carolina (Thicketty Creek).[1]

[edit] Location

Various descriptions of location exist, all written years later. One places the fort 2½ miles northeast of the present village Fair Forest on Fairforest Creek, a branch of the Tyger River, Ninety Six District, Union County, South Carolina. This may be an earlier fort by a similar name, Fort Prince, whose location was covered in 1971 by a new lake.

A second description locates it as southwest of the city of Union, South Carolina where the road SC49 crosses over Fairforest Creek on a commanding height of land beside Gray's creek, a branch of the Tyger River.

Blackstock Road ran beside the Fort and intersected with the road to Earlesville, now known as Landrum, South Carolina. To the southeast, it became Charles Town Road.

The site of Fort Prince is shown on the 1858 Geognostic Map of Spartanburg District (by Oscar Lieber) as on the Blackstock Road near the North Tyger River and Nazareth Church. This map is available in the South Carolina Archives.

[edit] Directions to the Fort

As of 1978: follow I-85 west from Spartanburg to Greer exit, Rt. 29. Go 1/4 mile to top of hill. Fort Prince Cemetery is on the right. Turn right by the cemetery. D.A.R. marker is in the cornfield - hard to find. Across Rt. 29 from cemetery is bicentennial marker erected by Wellford Bicentennial Committee in 1977.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Lyman Draper (1815–1891) in Kings Mountain and Its Heroes, pages 469–470, published 1881.

[edit] References

* J.B.O. Landrum, Colonial and Revolutionary History of South Carolina, pg. 31, 124* PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REFERENCE FOR YEARS WAS THOUGHT TO BE CORRECT IN REGARDS TO JOHN'S FATHER BEING EDWARD. IT IS ERRONEOUS AND CAUSED THIS LINE TO BE CONFUSED. The King George Will book was lost for 100 years and it turned up in an auction in Michigan, in 1976. Will Book A-1, was purchased at this auction and returned to King George County. Genealogist George H.S. King carefully compiled this into a book that can be purchased online.

The Daughters of the American Revolution designated this Patriot "DAR Ancestor Number A093245." Reference the DAR GRS (Genealogical Research System) at dar.org. Membership is not required to access the GRS. Note in the GRS: MARY IS THE CHILD OF SARAH BERRY. WILLIAM, MARGARET, MARTHA ARE THE

3) CHILDREN OF MARY X.